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BRC0003

Title

Subject

Classical Medical

Description

Following Hippocrates, Galen was the most notable physician of antiquity. He studied medicine in Pergamum as well as in Smyrna, Corinth, and Alexandria. An enormously influential author into the Middle Ages, Galen's writings were considered authoritative by Greek, Roman, and Arabic physicians.

Creator

Galen, Regio, Nicolao, tr., Polit, Jean, 1583–1597, tr., and Heyl, Christoph, tr.

Source

BRC0003. Galen (129–ca. 216). De usu partium, corporis humani libri xvii. Basle: per A. Cratandrum and J. Bebelium, 1533.

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

Rights

Please cite Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU, as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained by contacting Special Collections (bridsc@smu.edu).

Relation

MedHistory

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Medical Text

Collection

Highlights from the Ruth and Lyle Sellers Medical Collection

Citation

Galen, Regio, Nicolao, tr., Polit, Jean, 1583–1597, tr., and Heyl, Christoph, tr. , “BRC0003,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed December 8, 2025, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1786.